The Best Fstoppers’ Posts From October 2012

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The Photography Community Lost a Special Person TodayPhotographers woke up this morning to hear that Jen Burgess Thompson passed away peacefully this morning. Jen was courageous enough to share her battle with the community over the last year...

Photographer Drops Canon 70-200mm Lens Into Polar Bear TankThere are times I have described the images taken with the Canon 70-200mm 2.8 IS lens as scrumptious, but I was referring to the images, not the lens itself!...

Portraits Of Retired Playboy BunniesWhat happens to Playboy Bunnies after they retire? Most of them are never heard from. Photographer, Robyn Twomey, decided to take a portrait series showcasing these women...

GoPro HERO3 Launches With Impressive SpecsIt’s official, the GoPro HERO3 is now out for sale and she looks powerful. CEO Nick Woodman announced the new HERO3 as the smallest, lightest, most powerful way to document your life...

The Most Attractive Photo On The InternetEven though this was shot in 2011 for Vanity Fair’s 17th annual Hollywood Issue, this image is still the most attractive photo on the internet...

Sensual and Artistic Portraits of Sex Toys [NSFW]Sam Kaplan, a New York-based product and still life photographer, was inspired to create a series of photographs of an object that is often enjoyed in the bedroom rather than on a gallery wall...

How Does The iPhone 5 Camera Compare To A DSLR?There was once a photographer who said the best camera is the one you have with you. Today that camera is probably the one built into your smart phone...

Victoria’s Secret Revealed – Unretouched vs. Retouched PhotosA few months back Victoria’s Secret accidentally released a dozen unretouched photos from a shoot with supermodel Doutzen Kroes. We shared those images in a post on Fstoppers...

Ultimate Lens Bokeh From The Canon 50mm F1.0Many photographers don’t know it, but Canon used to produce a 50mm lens with a F1.0 aperture. Yes, one-point-zero. At the time, this was the fastest SLR lens in production...

Stanley Kubrick Films Natural Candlelight With Insane f/0.7 LensStanley Kubrick was one of the most acclaimed producers and directors in American cinematography (the Shining is one of my all time favorites). Back in 1975, Stanley directed the three hour masterpiece...

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